Category:Masquerade / Domain / Cleveland, OH

City Description: Cleveland has long survived as a Camarilla city with a peaceful coexistence with Clan Giovanni under the Promise of 1528. Anarchs have been welcome as scapegoats and a buffer zone against the Sabbat. With the end of the Promise, the formation of the Independent Alliance, and the Chicago Blood Accord devaluing the usefulness of the Anarchs, the two century peace balances on a knife’s edge. Cleveland, OH is a Camarilla Praxis

● 1740: Ohio Company granted territory by British colonial government of Virginia.

● 1754-1760: French and Indian War – Britain, France, and Iroquois war over the territory. Camarilla allied British defeat Sabbat allied French.

● 1763: Treaty of Paris. Frances cedes Ohio region to Britain, and King George III issues Royal Proclamation of 1763 ordering all European settlers
out of the territory and establishes Iroquois reservation from Appalachain Mountains to Mississippi river and from Newfoundland to Florida. Camarilla Kindred retreat with their European herds. Sabbat remain with French trappers and Native American herd.

● 1847: First telegraph line from Cleveland to Pittsburgh established. Cleveland has an influx of Tremere.

● 1854: Ohio City annexed by Cleveland pushing Anarchs westward.

● 1865-1900: population booms due to industrialization. Kindred population reflexively booms

● 1868-1869: Bartolomio and Cipriano Giovanni move to secure a foothold in the new country. They settle in the United State's 15th largest city, Cleveland. They commission the Italian stonemasons settled there, in the neighborhood called 'Little Italy', to create a Victorian style garden cemetery.

● 1894: May Day Riots. Giovanni greed led to economic depression. An Anarch led mob descended on the manufacturing Flats causing mayhem. Culminated in the closure of a Giovanni railroad.

● 1894: Soldiers and Sailors monument dedicated.

● 1895: Primogen Council meets to oust Tremere Prince Jonathan Fischhoff citing madness and weak stance against Anarchs and Giovanni. Tremere Primogen’s ghoul reports that they argued until sunrise and met Final Death by the sun. Their ashes are preserved in an ornate hourglass that served as a symbol of the Prince’s power and a caution against long meetings.

● 1966: Hough Riots. Sabbat incited African-Americans in Camarilla territory to revolt as part of a bid to weaken Camarilla feeding territory. Anarch population swells from a dual front of Sabbat cast-off shovelheads and new wartime Embraces.

● 1969: Cuyahoga River burns drawing national pollution attention and a lupine incursion.

● 07/2008: Hunter influenced FBI launches major raiding operation on offices of Cuyahoga County Commissioners and a wide range of cities, towns, and villages in the county uncovering extensive bribery and corruption. Three-member board of commissioners model changed to county executive and 11-member county council. Kindred powerbases take a substantial hit.

● 2009: Cleveland Gambling Act passes.

● 2011: Clan Gangrel returns to the Camarilla. Ancilla Steven Stanford accepted back into the fold. He is charged with ensuring that peaceful gatherings of the Sects occur regularly. Zodiac calendar reinstituted.

● 2011: Construction begins on Medical Mart.

● 2012: Chicago Blood Accord signed creating a pact of non-aggression between the Camarilla and Sabbat.